On the Subject of Truth: Photo Manipulation Just Got Easier
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:25 pm
I just saw this being discussed elsewhere, and it immediately made me think of Wim's previous thread with the link to Paul Craig Roberts' article regarding truth and propaganda.Photoshop, the popular image editing software, is about to release a new version with a tool called "content aware." Basically, it makes it incredibly easy to manipulate images, so much so that we'll probably never be able to distinguish truth from propaganda ever again. But here's the key point: if this is the technology they're willing to release to the public, what sort of technology do you think the government is using right now? They've probably been doing this sort of stuff for years. Here's a link to a video demonstrating the new "content aware" tool. Anyone who has ever done any image editing will realize just how significant this is...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0aEp1oDOI